System for removing air and gases from water



f N. EHRHART.

SYSTEM FOR REMOVING AIR AND GASES FROM WATER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 1-92].

1,401,1 16. Patented De0.20,1921.

INVENTOR.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RAYMOND N. EHRHART, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO ELLIOTT COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

SYSTEM FOR REMOVING AIR AND GASES FROM WATER.

Original application filed June 5, 1920,

To all whom it may canoe-1%.

Be it known that I, RAYMOND N. Enn- HART, residing at Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in S stems for Bemoving Air and Gases from ater, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which The figure is a diagram artly in vertical section and partly in side e evation showing one form of apparatus for carrying out my invention.

The present ap lication is a division of my application, June 5, 1920.

My invention has relation to the treatment of liquid for the removal of air and other gases therefrom, and more particularly, to a method of treatment such as is described and claimed in the patent to William S. Elliott, No. 1,321,999, dated November 18, 1919. I

In the method described and claimed in said, Patent No. 1,321,999, the liquid to be treated is heated and is then introduced into an evaporator in which there is maintained a pressure lower than the pressure corresponding to the temperature of the liquid immediately before it enters the evaporator. The vapors from the evaporator are passed through a condenser from which they are exhausted, and the liquid which forms the cooling medium of the condenser passes from thence into the heater.

In my application, Serial No. 386,833,

filed June 5, 1920, I have shown that in.

many cases it is desirable to regulate the condensation rate of the condenser used in connection with such apparatus; and that inasmuch as the amount of evaporation in the evaporator will depend upon the amount of condensation in the condenser, that by such regulation the amount of evaporation as well as the drop in temperature between the heater and the evaporator may be controlled within relatively narrow limits.

In that application, I have disclosed certain means for controlling the operation of the condenser by controlling the amount of cooling liquid passing through the condenser.

I have further discovered that a similar Specification of Letters lPatent.

erial No. 386,834, filed result may be obtained by varying the capacity of the means used in exhausting the air and other condensable gases in the condenser. Thus if the capacity of the air pump connected to the condenser and which exhausts the air vapors from the evaporator through. the condenser be depreciated, the condensation .rate of the condenser will be diminished accordingly.

It is well known that any air pumped under given conditions has a certain volumetric capacity. If this pump is pumping a fluid, such as air, I can readily diminish its capacity for pumping air by introducing some other fluid into the suction of the pump. For example, if the pump has a ca pacity for handling a certain volume of air and steam and other fluid than air be taken into the suction of the pump, a certain part of the capacity'of the pump will be taken up in pumping such steam or other fluid, and its capacity for pumping air will, therefore be diminished. K.

My invention provides a method and means whereby I take advantage of this fact for the effective regulation of the condenser, and thereby of the evaporation, in a system of the character described.

In the drawing, the numeral 2 designates a heater, 3 an evaporator, 4 a condenser,

Patented Dec. 20, 1921.

Serial No. 386,834. Divided and this application flied April 1, 1921. Serial No. 457,596.

condenser 4., such means consisting in the present instance of a steam ejector of any well known t pe having a steam supply connection 9. his supply pipe 9 has a branch or bypass connection 10 leadin into the suction chamber of the ejector an provided with a controlling valve 11.

I 12 designates a vessel, which is arranged to receive the water of condensation from the condenser 4 and which is mounted upon one arm of a lever pivoted at 13 and having its other arm connected to the "stem of the valve. 20 is a spring also connected to the lever and having any suitable means whereby its tension may be varied.

. through the condenser, and means for Very- It wil-l be re'adilr seen that thevessel '12 is responsive to t e rate ofrfiow of the condensate.- If this flow becomes excessive,

. The effect of-this is to diminish the rate of condensation in the-condenser.

On the other hand, if the flow into the vessel 12 diminishes below the normal for the system, the-valve 11 is closed, thereby preventing any steam entering the suction of the.

from the evaporator through the condenser, and means controlled by the rate of condensation in the condenser forjvarying the effective action of said pump, substantially as described,

4. In apparatus of the character .described, the combination of a heater, an

evaporator having a supply connectioh with the heater, a condenser connected to the evaporator, a liquid system for'the heater leading through-the condenser, an ejector connected-to the condenser,.means for introejector and 'causin a corresponding increase ducing a fluid other than that coming from in the rate of con ensation.

It will be readily seen, therefore, that I grovide means controlled by the rate of conensation in the condenser for varying the capacit of the ejector, and thereby, in turn,

control ing the rate of condensation-in the -sired temperature relations between the condenser. This, in turn, maintains the deheater and evaporator, and enables such relations to be controlled within relatively narrow limits.

It will be understood that I do not limit m self to the embodiment of my invention which I have herein shown and described, as it will be readilyapparent'that the valve 11 or its equivalent may be controlled 1n various ways bythe action withm the condenser. Y

I claim:

1. In apparatus of the character described, the combinationof an evaporator,

a condenser connected to the evaporator, an exhaust pump for drawing the vapors and gases from the evaporator through the condenser, and means controlled by the rate of condensation in the condenser for varying the capacity of said pump, substantial as described.

2., In apparatus of the character described, the combination-of an eva orator, a condenser, an exhaust pump for drawing the'vapors and gases fromthe evaporator ing the capacity of said pump in accordance with the rate of condensation in the condenser, substantially as described.

3. In apparatus of the character described, the combination of an evaporator, a condenser connected to the evaporator, an exhaust pump for drawing vapor and gases the condenser into the suction chamber of the ejector, and means controlled by the rate of condensation in the condenser for controlling the admission of steam, substantially as described. 7

5. In apparatus of the character de scribed, the combination of aheater', an evaporator connected 'tovthe discharge of the heater, a condenser connected to the evaporator, an ejector connected to the con denser to drawofl the vapors and gases from'the evaporator throu h the condenser, means for admitting a flui other than that coming from the condenser into the suction chamber of the ejector to thereby vary its action, and means controlled by the rate of condensation in the condenser for controllin the admission of such steam, substantia ly as described. a

6. In apparatus of .the character described, the combination of a heater, an evaporator connected to the dischargeof the heater, a condenser" connected to the evaporator, an ejector connected to the condenser to draw ofl" the Vapors and gases from the evaporator through the condenser, means for admitting a fluid other than that coming from the condenser into the suction chamber In testimony whereof, I have hereuntoset my hand. I

' RAYMOND N. E'HRHART. 

